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A web search tip to avoid AI generated SEO junk (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Google has also disabled some of the search operators that made refining results more useful.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Like I don't think the minus operator to exclude a search term works anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Which is the most important one for me. It's also really useful for filtering SEO crap that has 50,000 keywords attached to every page.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is that a rollout thing? I was just using it last night

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It really breaks when you're using it multiple times in a string or combining it with other operators.